Chester M. ‘Chet’ Murphy

Broadcaster

Chester M. “Chet” Murphy, longtime Missoula, Mont., broadcaster, died July 5 of complications from lung cancer. He was 77.

Murphy was born in Powell, Wyo., and was the former owner of KYSS-AM and KYSS-FM in Missoula. Before buying out his partners at KYSS-AM and starting the city’s first commercial FM station, Murphy worked in cable TV in Wenatchee, Wash., and at KXLY-TV in Spokane, Wash.